gyre and gimble

[Dennis R. Preston]

Nope, Bethany. I was a /dZaIr/ and /gImbl/ speaker. I'm sure I simply
followed my "rules" from "gyrate" and "Gimble's" (and many others).

dInIs

>On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Lynne Murphy wrote:
>>This reminds me of Jabberwocky.  I tend to say "dZire and gimble in the
>>wabe" (i.e., soft g on gyre, hard on gimble), but sometimes I say both as
>>hard.  This often strikes my students as odd, but they tend to be split
>>about whether the g's are both hard or both soft.  Is there an "official"
>>pronunciation?
>
>Wow. I have always said /gair/ = hard g. I did not know anyone said a
>soft g there.
>
>Bethany


Dennis R. Preston
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